Snow gates in Scotland (2023 Update)

[rbowman]

Well, just try to stay in front of the thing...

[rbowman]

They would love this state. It's not uncommon to see a pickup towing a trailer (caravan) which in turn is towing a boat trailer. I had an endorsement on my CDL to haul doubles/triples but if you're a civilian whatever you can lash together is good to go.

[rbowman]

How good is your reaction time? A loaded truck would take about 200' more to stop from 65 than most passenger cars, but the driver won't even notice you wedged under the ICC bar. I'll let you do the math on how many milliseconds it will take to travel 2 inches when he slams the airbrakes on all 18 wheels.

[Commander Kinsey]

Limited slip diff anyone? My Honda CRV had a diff which had no slip limit, it was utterly pointless. One wheel could spin with three doing nothing. So one wheel drive.

[Commander Kinsey]

Ah, so you can't put them in a normal tyre?

More fun when cars get smashed up.

[Commander Kinsey]

You don't even need to rock, just floor it and shovel the snow away with the tyres till you hit tarmac. Are you saying doing that with traction control it would just sit there and not provide any power anywhere?

[Colin Bignell]

Simply known as underride bars in the UK.

[Commander Kinsey]

Merkins like their acronyms, like GFCI instead of breaker.

[Colin Bignell]

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They are called All Season tyres. However, being a compromise, they don't work quite as well in summer as summer tyres nor quite as well in winter as winter tyres.

[The Natural Philosopher]

I'd never get out of my drive....

[The Natural Philosopher]

My freelander didnt have a differential, it was front wheel drive until the front wheels started to spin then a viscous clutch in the propshaft to the rears kicked in and made the rear wheels spin.

It was so good I nearly had an accident - the traction on snow was very good, but of course the brakes were no better...:-)

[Commander Kinsey]

Would you be allowed those where winter ones are mandatory?

A garage has never asked me which kind of tyre I want, they just say "budget, midrange, or Michelin?" Are these all summer tyres? Or all season?

[Commander Kinsey]

I fail to see why people have a problem reversing trailers. You just place the back centre of your car where you would place your hand were you pushing it by hand using the towbar of the trailer.

[Commander Kinsey]

Endorsement?! Oh, you're using that word correctly. Why do the British driving authority get it wrong? Here, an endorsement on your license is what you get for speeding (i.e. a penalty point). Too many and you lose the license.

[Commander Kinsey]

I guess yours was quicker than mine. By the time my rear wheels had started getting power, the front wheels had no traction at all.

[Commander Kinsey]

I find any car with ABS brakes excellently in snow. There's always a wheel or two with a bit of traction, and it quickly swaps between them.

[Jeff]

Not illegal in as much as there is no law or regulation banning them, but unless the road conditions are suitable for their use they could be considered as damaging the road surface and possibly be illegal on wet surfaces, as they provide less grip than a 'normal' tyre in those conditions.

Jeff

[Jeff]

Hardly new!! The first AWD was in 1901, but for production cars Subaru Leone in 1972, Audi Quarto 1980.. the list goes on.

Jeff

[Commander Kinsey]

So just something for a bored pig to get upset about. I had one claim my cracked registration plate could come loose, spin round in the air, and decapitate someone. When pressed, he said he'd seen it happen on Blade Runner 2, a fictional film.

[Commander Kinsey]

Why can't the EU do something useful and disallow companies to say their car is 4 wheel drive unless it really works?